UK participation in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time - survey from the upcoming Vera Rubin telescope in Chile with scientific goals:
- Studying dark energy and dark matter by measuring weak gravitational lensing, baryon acoustic oscillations, and photometry of type Ia supernovae, all as a function of redshift. - Mapping small objects in the Solar System, particularly near-Earth asteroids and Kuiper belt objects. LSST is expected to increase the number of cataloged objects by a factor of 10–100.[68] It will also help with the search for the hypothesized Planet Nine. - Detecting transient astronomical events including novae, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, quasar variability, and gravitational lensing, and providing prompt event notifications to facilitate follow-up. - Mapping the Milky Way.